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Monday, January 23, 2017

Reading and Hope

Every time we go to the Dollar Tree, Hope buys a novel
or two or three. They are a dollar so I don't care what she buys. I
can't figure out what the attraction is. She picks up a book, examines
the cover, feels for the weight, flips through the pages and either accepts or
rejects it. So many times, I have tried to steer her to a book that I
would like. She doesn't fall for it!

When we get home, she takes them to her room. Here she will place them in a bag or put a
bag in them as a bookmark. She does not
read the books.

If we go to Target, I won’t let her buy books. They are full price at Target!!! She has purchased from the Goodwill but the
Goodwill has purses and hats and that usually supersedes a book.

She has taken the newspaper right from under my nose.

“ Get back here, I’m
still reading this!” I will shout! ( yes
I am a shouter)

“But I need it!” she shouts back. It is the same with magazines and mail. If I don’t watch my stuff, it goes to her
room.

Hope doesn’t read. We
are going to change that.

For eight weeks this year, we are in a group of like minded
students. The program is Special Readsfor Special Needs. It teaches reading
through the HEART. We are writing easy
stories about Birthday’s, Shopping and Fashion.
This is very exciting.

I have tried this approach with my “typical grandchild”
Harper, age 4. She is whizzing right
through. There is a book called I See
and the first story is about a bird, a red bird. After Harper read it through several times, I
asked her what the story was about. She
said, “It’s about a red bird, but actually, it is about a cardinal.” Smarty pants!